Startup Business Plans: Academic Researchers and Expert Practitioners Still Disagree?

10.28945/3848 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 189-197
Author(s):  
Gilbert Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Business Plans ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Successful Launch ◽  
Insight Into

Academic researchers and practitioners disagree on the value and methodology of creating a startup plan. An analysis of the differences and the motivations of these two district communities gives insight into the challenges of planning a successful launch.

Imperatives for research designs with Muslim women

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisha Wood Boulanouar ◽  
Robert Aitken ◽  
Zakaria Boulanouar ◽  
Sarah Jane Todd
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality and efficacy of data collected from Muslim respondents, particularly women, through an examination of Islamic teachings and illustrated using a “conservative” paradigm of practice. The paper is designed to be helpful to researchers in designing both their projects and their data collection methods. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual, in that it provides an overview of some important, often overlooked or misunderstood areas on which studies have been based and gives frameworks and also ethical pointers to researchers. Findings Framed to explain approaches to “conservative” Muslim women in societies across the globe, what is presented herein allows insight into all varieties of Muslim practice. This is achieved by explaining the possible objections to different methodologies and techniques of research for Muslim women at the “conservative” end of the practicing spectrum – this allowing a highlighting of ideas and ideals applicable across the spectrum. Practical implications Useful for academic researchers and also commercial researchers, potentially saving both time and money by pointing out possible errors in research design while also ensuring good ethical practice. The paper is offered to assist researchers in eliciting full and frank responses from Muslim respondents based on informed and thoughtful research design and data collection and providing possibly contextualisation(s) of what is said to enhance data analysis and interpretation. Originality/value Believed to be the first paper of its kind in English, this conceptual paper provides insight for researchers aiming to get the most useful and ethically sound outcomes for those interviewed, as well as those interviewing.

Evolution and Market Complexity

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Mayfield
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Computation ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Biological Complexity ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Insight Into

Many complexities in our world come about through the use of preexisting purposeful information. This information may be structured in various ways (e.g., instructions, recipes, algorithms, rules, rules of thumb, business plans, and expert knowledge) and, if followed, directs the formation of something which otherwise would not have existed. This chapter argues that information organized in this way must ultimately arise as the output of an evolutionary computation. Because of this, an evolutionary process underlies most everything that characterizes human existence. This principle includes economics and markets. This chapter addresses whether or not understanding the fundamental role of evolutionary computation for enabling human and biological complexity provides useful insight into market behaviors and introduces the basic concepts necessary to have this discussion.

Experimental Therapeutics

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Borowsky ◽  
Cristina Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Experimental Therapeutics ◽  
Patient Registries ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

Bringing safe and effective treatments to patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) will require evaluation in properly designed and conducted clinical trials. Such clinical trials will require appropriate tools and practices, including therapeutics, patient registries, biomarkers, endpoints, trial design, and analysis tools. This chapter provides insight into the advances being made in each of these areas and highlights the challenges remaining. Lessons learned from prior HD trials as well as from trials in other neurodegenerative diseases affect our view of future HD clinical development. With much interest from both pharmaceutical companies and academic researchers, this final chapter of the book actually opens a new chapter in the history of HD drug development.

scholarly journals Testing Pulsar Thermal Evolution Theories with Observation

2004 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Sachiko Tsuruta
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Dense Matter ◽  
Stellar Radius ◽  
Neutron Star Cooling ◽  
Successful Launch ◽  
Careful Comparison ◽  
Insight Into

With the successful launch of Chandra and XMM-Newton, the time has arrived when careful comparison of thermal evolution theories of isolated neutron stars with observations will offer a better hope for distinguishing among various competing neutron star cooling theories. For instance, the latest theoretical and observational developments may already exclude both nucleon and kaon direct Urea cooling. In this way we can now have a realistic hope for determining various important properties, such as the composition, superfluidity, the equation of state and stellar radius. These developments should help us obtain deeper insight into the properties of dense matter.

The role of facilities managers in sustainable practice in the UK and Ireland

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhai Meng
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Sustainable Practice

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of facilities managers in sustainable practice. It also analyzes the change in facilities management (FM) in terms of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – This research adopted a combination of literature review and expert interviews. Empirical data were collected through in-depth interviews with 40 industrial experts in the UK and Ireland. Findings – The analysis of interview results shows a sustainable movement in the context of FM. Facilities managers play important roles in sustainable practice, including integrating all sustainability considerations, linking strategic level with operational level, incorporating FM knowledge and experience into design, disseminating sustainable knowledge and educating people and encouraging sustainability through innovation. Research limitations/implications – This research goes beyond the limitations of existing studies that are characterized by a lack of positioning facilities managers in sustainability. Practical implications – Sustainable delivery represents a direction of FM development. This research describes what facilities managers can do and how they should do for sustainable delivery of FM, based on which improvements are made and benefits are maximized. Originality/value – This research provides a deeper insight into the FM role in the sustainable agenda. The findings of this research help industrial practitioners and academic researchers to better understand sustainable FM.

Research to Create Enterprise Value

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldine McKay ◽  
Linda Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Market Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Enterprise Value ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Gaining Insight

Understanding customers and gaining insight into the context in which the business is operating is key to creating a relevant, valuable offering. In order to secure funding, market research features prominently in business plans and is viewed as a necessity when setting up an enterprise or before the launch of a new product or service. For established businesses, continuous research helps keep abreast of turbulent business environments where new competitors emerge, customer tastes change and new opportunities develop. Research can help answer the following questions: who are the customers, where are they, what do they want, how can they be reached and why is this business different from others? This chapter will introduce some of the more readily available sources that can be helpful in discovering trends, and will evaluate a range of appropriate tools that can help improve business decisions.

scholarly journals Rhinology on the move despite Covid-19!

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-417
Author(s):  
P.W. Hellings
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Odor Identification ◽  
Sinus Surgery ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Identification Test ◽  
Successful Launch ◽  
Research Meeting ◽  
Zinc Levels ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Systemic Compartment

The October 2020 issue of Rhinology is a very interesting edition as it illustrates how world-wide colleagues pave the way for a better future of patients affected by nose and sinus diseases. After the successful launch of EPOS2020 in Spring 2020, the editorial team of Rhinology is proud to present to you the latest and most exciting data in Rhinology research. Getting insight into the complexity and relevance of proteomics in CRS, epithelial-mesenchymal contribution to CRS, zinc levels in nasal and systemic compartment of CRS, nasal biomarkers of CRSwNP that predict recurrence of disease after sinus surgery, and the odor identification test for children, called "U-Sniff", and FID scores (Frequency, Intensity and Duration) scores for epistaxis are all in the 2020 October issue and highly relevant for Rhinology practice. These studies build further on the solid grounds of previous Rhinology research meeting the unmets needs in the field.

Calibration problems in hydrogen luminosities

1966 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 322-330
Author(s):  
A. Beer
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Structure ◽  
B Stars ◽  
Insight Into

The investigations which I should like to summarize in this paper concern recent photo-electric luminosity determinations of O and B stars. Their final aim has been the derivation of new stellar distances, and some insight into certain patterns of galactic structure.

Stochasting modeling of planetary ring systems

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 461-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Ring System ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Ultimate State ◽  
Interparticle Interactions ◽  
Ring Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Planetary Ring ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACTThis paper models maximum entropy configurations of idealized gravitational ring systems. Such configurations are of interest because systems generally evolve toward an ultimate state of maximum randomness. For simplicity, attention is confined to ultimate states for which interparticle interactions are no longer of first order importance. The planets, in their orbits about the sun, are one example of such a ring system. The extent to which the present approximation yields insight into ring systems such as Saturn's is explored briefly.

Skeletal elements of crinoid echinoderms: High-resolution structural and microanalytical results

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
D. F. Blake ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
D. R. Peacor
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
High Resolution Tem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.

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